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The Conservatives hit out at Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s “bad choices” after the latest unemployment figures.

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately said: “Under this Labour Government, we have now experienced 13 consecutive months of rising unemployment.

“That’s thousands of families without the security of a regular pay packet thanks to the Chancellor’s bad choices; hiking up taxes on jobs, piling red tape on businesses, and destroying confidence in the economy.

“And because the Government doesn’t have the backbone to take tough decisions, these same families now face even more punishing tax rises, despite the Chancellor’s promise that they’d never come.

“Their high-tax, anti-business policies are driving opportunity out of Britain and making life harder for families and those searching for work. And with an impending Budget of further tax rises, the situation is only going to get worse.

“Only the Conservatives have the team and the plan to unleash businesses, grow the economy, cut waste, and get Britain working again.”